1919
24509
TO THE DEPUTY PEOPLE'S COMMISSAR OF POST AND TELEGRAPH
May 22, 1919

A secret urgent telegram from Orenburg, sent on May 18, arrived on May 19, but was delivered only on May 22.

I demand an immediate investigation and the holding of those responsible to account.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
Lenin

Printed from the original signed by V. I. Lenin.

4178
TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REVOLUTIONARY MILITARY COUNCIL OF THE REPUBLIC
May 22, 1919

From the reports of the Revolutionary Military Council of the XI Army* it follows with absolute certainty that it is necessary to end the uprising immediately, otherwise we shall not even be able to defend Astrakhan. Therefore I insist once more that you absolutely must go a second time to Boguchar and bring the matter to completion, since Sokolnikov's work is clearly not progressing.*

Lenin

Printed from the typewritten copy.

* The Revolutionary Military Council of the XI Army reported on the alarming situation in the Astrakhan region.
** Lenin's directive for the speediest suppression of the White Guard uprising on the Don was sabotaged by the criminal machinations of Trotsky and his agents, in particular—Sokolnikov, who, as a member of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Southern Front, obstructed the fulfillment of Lenin's instructions.

4177
MEMORANDUM ON THE DIRECT LINE
TO THE CHAIRMAN
OF THE REVOLUTIONARY MILITARY COUNCIL OF THE REPUBLIC

Southern Front
May 22, 1919

We have just learned of a breakthrough of our front near Riga*. Riga has apparently been lost. Betrayal by Latvian bourgeois officers is very probable. A preparation for a general decisive offensive along the entire Western Front is also possible. All this obliges us to increase our attack on the Donbass tenfold and in any case immediately suppress the uprising on the Don. Together with Sklyansky, in addition to the thousand cadets sent yesterday, we shall send another thousand cadets there. I advise you to devote yourself entirely to the suppression of the uprising.

Lenin

4186
TELEGRAM TO THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE'S COMMISSARS OF UKRAINE
May 24, 1919

Congratulations on the capture of Alexandria and Znamenka**. I urgently request that you direct the forces that become available toward the Donbass.

Lenin

Printed from the handwritten copy.

* On May 22, 1919, Riga was occupied by German troops under General Goltz, who were aided by bourgeois officers of the Riga garrison.
** Alexandria and Znamenka—centers of the counter-revolutionary uprising of Ataman Grigoriev. In the suppression of the Grigoriev uprising, troops of the Kharkov, Kiev, and Odessa military districts under the command of K. E. Voroshilov participated.